they didn't affect the operations of the central back but the recent increase experts staying that the u.s. is one of the most vulnerable countries in the cyber attack. >> late january they were hack personal information on several hundred employees was compromised by the intruders and this week, it was reported that cyber crim nams - criminals are continuing to hack. they are reporting hacking attempts and the new york times and washington post and bloomberg . emaims -- e-mails were exposed in the bush family and pass codes that bush 43 security gate. stow much of the count reap's -- count country dependent. it affects the operations. on wednesday leon paneta sphoke on the thousands of cyber attacks every day. >> thousands of cyber attacks that are striking in the silicon vail and at government and defense department and intelligence agencies . cyber is now in a point where the technology is it there to cripple a count reap -- country. >> and joining us now. professor of defense anal stis post graduate school dr. john aquilla. great to have you with us . thank you for joining us today. >>